HHow long is too long (solo sailing)?

[HunterWanderer]

Regrettably that’s not what he meant or permitted. The standby watch were not allowed to be napping. He insisted they were up and dressed and cooking or cleaning etc.

That sounds so ridiculous to stop standby crew napping. Perhaps the applicant thought that that was what was expected to say.
I've only ever done day skipper theory and the rya course book was great. I presume the ocean master course also has a course book that covers how to organise watches for 3 ?

 

[billskip]

the boat drifted off faster than they could swim.

That happened off Dokos Greece, I happened to be going by, a group in the water and their boat drifting off..picked them up and transferred them back on board.

 

[westernman]

That happened off Dokos Greece, I happened to be going by, a group in the water and their boat drifting off..picked them up and transferred them back on board.

A film about the same kind of thing:-

 

[Stemar]

That happened off Dokos Greece, I happened to be going by, a group in the water and their boat drifting off..picked them up and transferred them back on board.

Well done you. IIRC, the party I was referring to weren't so lucky.

 

[seeSimon]

A film about the same kind of thing:-

To me, this suggests that whatever the level of personal qualifications...or the ISO/RCD or other category of their yot....they didn’t really ought to be allowed to sea, never mind crossing an ocean.

"Darwinian events"?